Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had initially demanded the “emergency” war funds supplement bill by July 4. After a late night vote in the Senate, it looks like they might not even have them by the beginning of August.

After the Senate had initially started the emergency bill in June, a series of July 1 votes in the House of Representatives approved the war funds, but also added a massive collection of other features, including $16 billion in new domestic spending and another set of sanctions against Iran. This sent the bill back to the Senate for reconciliation. But there was no reconciliation in the cards last night, and the ball is once again in the House’s court.

It is widely expected that the House will, in the end, approve the funds for the war, but it will likely come with another series of debates, and it is so far unclear when the House will take the issue up.